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UCL is ranked joint fifth in the world's top ten universities by the QS World University Rankings (2014). The UCL Institute of Education is ranked number one for education.

UCL is the top-rated university in the UK for research strength (Research Excellence Framework 2014), by a measure of average research score multiplied by staff numbers submitted. It was rated top not only in the overall results, but in each of the assessed components: publications and other research outputs; research environment; and research impact.

UCL has 983 professors and more than 6,000 academic and research staff who are dedicated to
research and teaching of the highest standards (HESA 2013).

UCL is associated with several major teaching hospitals – such as the Great
Ormond Street Hospital for Children, the Royal Free Hospital and
Moorfields Eye Hospital – which provide Londoners with first-rate healthcare and contribute to major advances in medical research.

Our academic community includes 53 Fellows of the Royal Society, 51 Fellows of the British Academy, 15 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and 117 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.